Everything You Need To Know About The Withings Scale That VC Fred Wilson...
Venture capitalist Fred Wilson is a big fan of the Withings smart scale. The Withings Smart Body Analyzer monitors and tracks a person's weight, body fat percentage, blood pressure, and any given...
View ArticleHere's Why The Founders Of 'Bang With Friends' Stayed Anonymous ... Until Now
In just four short months, Bang With Friends (BWF) has become one of the hottest dating apps in the world. The app has a 1.1 million user base so far.For the longest time, no one had any idea who...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Inside The Booming Mobile Video Ecosystem
Mobile video has begun to accumulate scale, and has also turned out to be one of the few types of mobile content — along with games — that monetizes reliably and drives premium ad rates. That's...
View ArticleTop Microsoft Exec: Here's How We're Better Than Google And Amazon In The...
Microsoft's top cloud executive, Satya Nadella, thinks Bing and Xbox Live gives Microsoft an edge over cloud rivals Amazon and Google.On Wednesday on stage at the GigaOM Structure conference in San...
View ArticleThis iPhone Case Doubles As A Stun Gun, And Its Shock Is Seriously Painful
The first thing you need to know about Yellow Jacket is that their iPhone case doubles as a stun gun capable of delivering a searing 650,000 volts into the flesh of a would-be attacker. The second...
View ArticleRead About All Things Social Media With 'Social Media Insights'
Catch up on the latest social media news with Social Media Insights, a daily email newsletter that tracks how new products and developments in social media are changing the face of e-commerce,...
View ArticleHere's What Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Doing In South Korea
Mark Zuckerberg is in South Korea. He flew in yesterday and met with Samsung's head of mobile, as well as its co-CEO. Then he met with South Korea's president.Facebook is looking to partner with...
View ArticleThis Chart Breaks Down Why Advertisers Need YouTube
With 1 billion unique users every month, YouTube has become a necessary platform in virtually any marketing plan.MDG Advertising created an infographic that breaks down all the numbers that explain why...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky Hates Google Glass (GOOG)
Noted philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky wants nothing to do with Google Glass.Check out this video clip from "The Laura Flanders Show" in which he blasts the device and predicts it will bring on an...
View ArticleTablets Are The Top Mobile Commerce Device
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Tablets...
View ArticleMicrosoft Wanted To Buy Nokia, But The Talks Recently Broke Down (MSFT, NOK)
Microsoft was in advanced talks to purchase Nokia, but the deal recently fell through, according to The Wall Street Journal.If the acquisition had gone through, it would've helped Microsoft's...
View ArticleHot Brooklyn-Based 3D Printing Startup MakerBot Just Got Acquired In $403...
3D printer manufacturer MakerBot will be acquired by Stratasys, a company specializing in professional-grade 3D printing.MakerBot is famous in hobbyist and tinkerer circles for its easy-to-use 3D...
View ArticleMicrosoft Is Paying Hackers Up To $150K To Tear Security Holes In Windows And...
Later this month, Microsoft will start doing something it has never done before. Starting June 26, Microsoft will pay a cash bounty to hackers who find undiscovered security holes in Windows 8 and...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber Has Brought A Surge Of Startups To Kansas City (GOOG)
When people think of tech startups, two places typically come to mind: the Silicon Valley and New York City. The average person probably can't think of a major tech company from anywhere else.That's...
View ArticleThe Mobile Advertising Ecosystem Explained
We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result.Mobile...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Time Spent Watching Video On Mobile Devices Has Doubled In...
As mobile devices like smartphones and tablets take over many computing tasks from traditional desktops or laptops, they're also changing the way we consume entertainment.In the past year alone,...
View ArticleThere's A Weird iPhone App Using Marissa Mayer's Face As Its Icon (YHOO)
iPhotoCap is an iOS app by developer Rob Green designed to let you add captions to your photos.For some reason, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is prominently featured in the app's icon. We're quite unclear on...
View ArticleMicrosoft Pulls A 180 And Removes The Restrictions From The New Xbox That...
Microsoft is getting rid of controversial DRM restrictions it announced last month at the unveiling of the Xbox One.Microsoft will no longer require the Xbox One to have an Internet connection to play...
View ArticleYour Eye Movements May Reveal Mental Illness
Eye-tracking has become the tech trend du jour.Advertisers use data on where you look and when to better capture your attention. Designers employ it to improve products. Game and phone developers...
View ArticleThe Story Of MakerBot: The Startup That Popularized 3D Printing
Brooklyn startup MakerBot, which brought 3D printing to the masses, was just acquired by Stratasys, a professional-grade 3D printing company.Bre Pettis, a former schoolteacher, and his co-founders Adam...
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